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Civil Rights Movement Museum by Andjela Ivanisevic

Peaceful Protests

This is a picture that shows how the 9 students had to be escorted by troops into school since other people would try to block them off from entering

This is a newspaper that came out when the Brown vs. Board of Education which shows the segregation in schools in BANNED.

Carlotta Walls LaNier wore this matching skirt and blouse to the first day of school, the same day she was forced to go home.

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Little Rock 9

In September of 1957, 9 black honor students were put into Central High School to attempt to desegregate the school. The NCAAP put these 9 kids into that high school, since the school for coloreds would take them double the time to get to and segregating schools was unconstitutional. The school eventually closed down about a year later, after whites campaining againt intergrating the school and violent resistence. The students would also have to be escorted to each class to make sure other students wouldn't bother them. This shows how extremly racist and hateful the city and Governer were, toward kids who did nothing wrong, just wantig to go to school.

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This is the letter MLK Jr. wrote while in Birmingham Jail. It told how segregated and racist Birmingham was, and how these protests did not create tension, just expose it.

This shows how the protesters were sprayed with the fire hoses. It also shows how awful the city reacted to people marching for their rights.

This one of the fire hydrants that was used by fire fighters to spray protesters to keep them from protesting, injuring them and ripping their clothes.

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The Children's March

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MLK Jr. started the Birmingham March of 1963 since he wanted to show the world how racist the city was. He even said that Birmingham was the most segregated/racist city in the country. They started marching during the summer, and since almost all of the adults got arrested or injured, it became a children's march, from ages of 7-18 years old. Bull Conner, the cheif of police, still kept injuring the protesters and arresting them. It eventually reached the

This is where the Greensboro sit-ins took place, the Woolworth store

This is a picture of drink and food being poured on protesters, which shows many people disliked them for fighting for rights.

These are the chairs they sat on for hours while protesting to be served.

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Greensboro Sit-ins

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In 1960, Greensboro, North Carolina a number of colored college students refused to leave the seats in the diner, Woolworth store, even though they wouldn't be served. They would sit at the segregational diner all day long, getting coffee and food poured on them. Some were even arrested. Greensboro eventually desegregated and sit-ins spread around the country since they worked so well. This was a early and exciting accomplishment for th Civil rights movement, it showed that balck people had power.

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